LOS ANGELES — Hollywood’s first legal distillery is now open, serving California-minded flavors — and history — in a former mortuary. At Hollywood Distillery, the owners are sourcing grains from Southern California farmers and using Coachella Valley dates to sweeten and ferment their award-winning vodka.

“You can taste that it’s not your typical vodka that you’re getting from any of the other brands around the world,” co-owner Jeff Zarrinnam said. “It’s very unique and unusual.”

The copper of their stills can be seen from Santa Monica Boulevard, with large windows that look in on the distillery across from Hollywood Forever Cemetery. The space itself was originally a Pierce Brothers Mortuary but now is home to spirits of another nature.

Hollywood Distillery’s gin, the Nopalera, derives

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